#38BEA5#38BEA5

#38BEA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38BEA5
RGB	rgb(56, 190, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -41.57, 2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 41.63, 176.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1191 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.119 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8325, 40.3812, 41.9702)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38BEA5 #BE3851

analogous

#38BE62 #38BEA5 #3894BE

triadic

#38BEA5 #A538BE #BEA538

tetradic

#38BEA5 #6238BE #BE3851 #94BE38

square

#38BEA5 #6238BE #BE3851 #94BE38

split-complementary

#38BEA5 #BE3894 #BE6238

monochromatic

#1C5F53 #2A8F7C #38BEA5 #62D1BC #92DFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#38BEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#38BEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38BEA5

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38BEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38BEA5	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38bea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 190, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d2bf',
    500: '#38bea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38bea5;
$custom-light: #81d2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38bea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.806,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72415,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38BEA5

secondary

#CA8894

accent

#4A66DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #38BEA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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